The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-11-03
IOWA STATE NEWS.

IOWA STATE NEWS.
The following are the st Louis grain quo
ations: Wheat-No. 2 Red. 72ls@724c.
rorn-No. 2. 4O@4Olac. Oats-No. 2,
s4sa@25c Rye. soc. Barley. 7O@sOc.
The new Jewish temple at Des Moines
vas dedicated u few days ago.
Sixty thousand dollars has been subscribed
10 build Masonic temple at Davenport
Five brothers named Lambertson, living
south OF Sioux City, were arrested the other
night on suspicion OF having been engaged
In the wholesale thieving that had been GO
Ing on in their neighborhood Search re-
vealed large quantity of plumber sccreted
about the premises, and they were in Jail to
await the action Of the grand jury The
amount of their thleving was not known,
but 1t would reach q large sum.
A jury at Council Bluffs after being ont
twenty-four hours In the case OF the State
vs. Jonathan Jones. for the murder OF Da-
vid Roberts in 1873, returned verdict Of
guilty of granddaughter. 1t was the fifth
trial Of the case. A motion was made for q
new trial.
The Young Mems Christian Association Of
Iowa held its eighteenth annual State con-
vention at Sioux City recently.
A grand Jury ut Oskaloosa recently in
dicted ID. S Hites for the murder of John
Fall and wife las. May The defendant is
In the penitentiary for safe keeping, and
will not be tried until the December term OF
court
James Lamberson, of Sioux City, father
OF o boy arrested for robbery, confessed the
other day that his son was guilty OF murder
-Four years ago the youth quarrcled with his
girl cousin and shot her dead The men,
bers Of the family when the 10y was on
trial swore the killing was accidental, and
he was discharged from custody.
Two smooth talking fellows are going the
rounds of the State victimizing farmers
One claims to be gathering crop statistics,
while the other has a remonstrance against
high taxation. The object is to secure the
81 natures of the farmers to papers, which
afteward turn up at the banks as promissory
notes
At Malcolm, Poweshiek County, a co.ored
man boarded Rock Island train a few days
ago and tried to dispose OF some jewelry al
q rdiculously small price. When the train
reached Des Moines he was arrested and
81 900 worth Of jewclry found in his pos
session The property was stolen at Grin
mel.
from West Point lis to be organized at Wcs-
leyan University of Mount Pleasant
According to the records in the county
clerks office there were lab marriages in
Montgomery County during the year ended
October l. and In the same time 100 births
and but 81 deaths.
John Holland, living near Keokuk, died
recently, aged one hundred and six years
He was born In Ireland in 1881. He had
used tobacco for ninety years
The matrimonial misfit record in Scott
County il sixteen assertions OF wives III
ten months In nearly every instance the
abandoned wives are young, good looking,
good natured, industrious and econon.
ical.
For the month Of September the cost te
the State for each inmate of the boys re.
form school a, Eldora was eight dollars
Royal Lowell, of Garner, has been sued
for 5000 damages for circulating q
s anderous story on the county superin.
tendent of schools.
Prof. n II. Leonard, one of those deposed
from professolship by the regents Of the
State University, left Iowa City recently TO,
Fort Wayne, Ind, where he and his son have
purchased the Daily Gaztns newspaper
Before he left number of citizens sur
prised him ut home with a present of o gold
watch as mcmento of his thirty years res
idcnce in that city.
4 stock company has been organized At
Iowa Falls for the purpose Of putting 0
small steamboat on the river and preparing
an elegant park for picnic and excursion
p rites.
ID. W. Worth, of Baraboo, was court
martialed by the local G. A. Il post for kiss.
Ing his hired girl. Coupled WITH other in
d scretions, this expose resulted in divorce
which was granted to Mrs Worth at the re
cent term of the Sank County circuit
court 1t seems the couple have been able
to adjust their differences, as an announce.
mcnt has been made that Mr. Worth will
shortly wed his divorced wife.
At Dubuque u few days ago Barney Ken
nady, the convicted wife murderer, was
granted new trial, as one OF the iurymer
cOnyicting him was not naturalizel
The Iowa Presbyterian synod at its recent
session in keokuk celebrated the semi-cen
tennial anniversary OF the organization OF
the first Presbyterian church in Iowa.
The Executive Committee OF the State
Agricultural Society and representatives
of the Iowa Soldiers Association have agreed
upon plans 70. the erection of large
building on the State fair ground, costing
about S2O, 900, to be dedicated for the use
OF soldiers as their headquarters and for
reunions l. is proposed 10 raise build
Ing fund by issuing life membership certif-
Gates ut one dollar each, which will admit
the holder to the grounds on two days at
every Safe far
A fire few days ago destroyed the hoist
ing machinery, top works. etc. Of the Gar
yer coal mine near Des Mo;nes. entailing q
loss Of $50, 900; insurance, $4,000
The fight that has been waged unceasing,
ly by the Law and Ord4r League at Sioux
City for the past year On ''holes in the
wal, or places where liquor is sold on the
Sly, took new turn the other day Here
tofore keepers of these places have been ar
rested and fined whenever found, but the
latest move is to bring Injunction proceed.
in IS against owners of property, and sew.
or i have been filed.
Richard Weston, O shoe maker, living
III howell aI Union, Hardin County, fell
down stairs the other night with a lighted
lamp in his hand The lamp exploded
| throwing burning kerosene over him. He
WIS terribly burned, and died in twenty
!, hours
| The monthly bulletin for October, the
official publication OF the State Board OF
Health. expresses surprise at the large mum
Der of deaths occurring in Iowa from dis
eases OF the respiratory organs-bronchitis,
! pneumonia and consumption They are
/ not as common nor SO fatal as in the Older
States, but more prevalent than there il
necessity for. They are largely attributable
to exposure when the body is least able tc
endure marked fall in the temperature.
William Marshall, an old settler and re.
spected citizen of Fonda, committed sui.
eide the other morning by shooting himself
in the heart General dependency wa,
supposed to have been the cause
The Iowa Baptists held their forty sixth
annual session ut Usage recently, and OH.
GERS We're elected for the coming year u
follows: President. Hon. j. w. Bnrdet.e
Burlington; yice-president, ]. N. Hench
man, Gienwood Secretary, f +. Lewis
Sioux City; Treasurer, n. l. Etter, Del
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